Li Jinyu

Li Jinyu (Chinese: 李金羽; pinyin: Lǐ Jīnyǔ; born 6 July 1977) is a Chinese football coach and a former international player.

For the female Chinese short track speed skater, see Li Jinyu (speed skater).
Li Jinyu
李金羽
Personal information
Full name Li Jinyu
Date of birth (1977-07-06) 6 July 1977
Place of birth Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1993–1998 Shenzhen Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 Liaoning FC 100 (46)
1999 → AS Nancy (loan) 6 (0)
2004–2010 Shandong Luneng 151 (74)
Total 257 (120)
National team‡
1997–2008 China 70 (24)
Teams managed
2011 China Women (assistant)
2012–2013 Shenyang Shenbei (assistant)
2013–2014 Shenyang Shenbei
2016 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (caretaker)
2017 Jiangsu Suning (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October 2013
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 October 2013
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

As a player he represented Liaoning Whowin and Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League and spent one season on loan at French club AS Nancy. He is also currently the top goalscorer in Chinese professional league history and won the Golden Boot Award three times in the process.

Club career

One of the premier strikers in China, Li Jinyu earned his reputation early when he was the stars of the Chinese youth team that studied in Brazil for a training programme sponsored by Shenzhen Jianlibao. This then saw him called up to the Chinese under-20 national team and gave him a chance to play in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship which attracted the interests of French side AS Nancy who acquired him on loan for one season.[1] Li's time at AS Nancy was not successful and he would return to China to sign with Liaoning Whowin, immediately showing his potential that was missing at AS Nancy when he became an integral member of the team that narrowly lost out on the league title in 1999.[2] While he would personally win his first Golden Boot award in 2002, he did not win any trophies with his club Liaoning during his time with them.

At the beginning of the 2004 league season, Shandong Luneng were willing to pay 4,900,000 yuan to make him the most expensive signing in Chinese football transfer history at the time. He would immediately become an integral member of the team and would repay them by helping them win the Chinese FA Cup and Chinese Super League Cup at the end of the season. The 2006 league season would see him reach his peak when he won the league title, the Chinese FA Cup, and the Golden Boot award with the team. The 2007 league season would see him officially become the most prolific player within the league when he broke Hao Haidong's goal record, however he could not aid Shandong to another league title.[3] Despite his tradition in scoring, his prolific goalscoring dropped during the 2008 league season when he only scored six goals, nevertheless he was still able to win another league title.[4] By the 2010 league season, Li would become a fringe player within the team, however he would still go on to win the league title once more and decided to retire at the end of the season.

International career

After playing in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship for the Chinese under-20 national team, Li would immediately move to the senior team and would make his debut in a friendly against the United States in a 1-1 draw on 1 February 1997.[5] This then saw him become a regular with the Chinese national team and saw him play in several unsuccessful World Cup qualifiers. His biggest achievement came in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup where he was an integral member of the team that was runners-up in the tournament. When China qualified for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, then manager Zhu Guanghu dropped him from the squad to take part in the tournament because he believed that his performances were not convincing enough to be included in the squad.[6]

Management career

Li started his managerial career by becoming the assistant coach of the Chinese women's national team and Shenyang Shenbei. On 13 May 2013, he was appointed as the new manager of China League One side Shenyang Shenbei, replacing Liu Zhicai who was sacked from the club on the same day after a string of poor results.[7]

Career statistics

Club
Club Season League
DivisionAppsGoals
Liaoning FC1998Chinese Jia-A League00
1999138
2000245
20012211
20022715
2003147
Total10046
AS Nancy1998–99French Division 160
Total60
Shandong Luneng2004Chinese Jia-A League2113
2005177
20062626
20072715
2008246
2009223
2010144
Total15174
Total257120

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
121 February 1997Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singapore2-03-11997 Dunhill Cup Malaysia
22 March 1997Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Bosnia and Herzegovina1-03-01997 Dunhill Cup Malaysia
320 April 1997Workers Stadium, Beijing, China Myanmar3-05-0Friendly international
41 June 1997Workers Stadium, Beijing, China Turkmenistan1-01-01998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
530 November 1998Surat Thani Province Stadium, Surat Thani, Thailand Lebanon3-14-11998 Asian Games
68 December 1998Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Tajikistan2-13-11998 Asian Games
710 December 1998Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Oman3-06-11998 Asian Games
810 December 1998Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Oman4-06-11998 Asian Games
912 December 1998Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Iran1-01-21998 Asian Games
1014 December 1998Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Turkmenistan1-03-01998 Asian Games
126 May 2001Lambert Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cambodia1-04-02002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
136 May 2001Lambert Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cambodia4-04-02002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
1431 August 2003Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States Haiti3-13-4Friendly international
153 July 2004Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China Lebanon1-06-0Friendly international
163 July 2004Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China Lebanon2-06-0Friendly international
1717 July 2004Workers Stadium, Beijing, China Bahrain2-12-22004 AFC Asian Cup
188 September 2004City Stadium, Penang, Malaysia Malaysia1-01-02006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
1917 November 2004Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China Hong Kong1-07-02006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
2017 November 2004Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China Hong Kong4-07-02006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
213 September 2005Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon, South Korea Japan1-02-22005 East Asian Football Championship
2210 September 2006Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China Thailand1-04-0Friendly international
237 February 2007Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou, China Kazakhstan2-12-1Friendly international
2421 October 2007Century Lotus Stadium, Foshan, China Myanmar5-07-02010 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Management statistics
As of 3 June 2017.
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Shenyang Zhongze 13 May 2013 12 May 2014 32 12 11 9 037.50
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (caretaker) 15 July 2016 30 October 2016 13 4 4 5 030.77
Jiangsu Suning (caretaker) 1 June 2017 11 June 2017 1 0 0 1 000.00
Total 46 16 15 15 034.78

Honours

Club

Shandong Luneng[8]

International

China PR national football team

Individual

See also

References
  1. LI Jinyu at fifa.com Retrieved 2012-08-28
  2. China 1999 at rsssf.com 2 Jul 2001 Retrieved 2012-08-28
  3. China's Asian Cup reject Li makes a point with 100th goal at chinadaily.com.cn 2007-06-21 Retrieved 2012-08-28
  4. China 2008 Archived 2010-07-21 at the Wayback Machine at rsssf.com 3 Apr 2009 Retrieved 2012-08-28
  5. China PR 1-1 USA at teamchina.freehostia.com 1997-02-01 Retrieved 2012-08-28
  6. Soccer-China leave top scorer Li out of Asian Cup squad at uk.reuters.com Jun 15, 2007 Retrieved 2012-08-28
  7. 沈北官方宣布李金羽担任主教练 刘志才自动离职 Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine at titan24.com 2013-05-14 Retrieved 2013-05-27
  8. "Li, Jinyu". National-football-teams.com. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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